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" James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War / "
edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner
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BL
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636059
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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War /\ edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner
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Gainesville :: University Press of Florida,, ©2012
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x, 289 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780813044262
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: 081304426X
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner
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An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln
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Buchanan, James,1791-1868
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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United States, Politics and government, 1857-1861
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973.6/8
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E436.J36 2012
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Quist, John W
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Birkner, Michael J.,1950-
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